One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 273 Faircrag

In the dark sewer of Askatla, more than a dozen people in black robes with their entire faces hidden in wide hoods quietly gathered near a clearing that was obviously cleared by magic. They looked very suspicious. .

Because of the demon invasion that broke out not long ago, Zuo Si spread a large number of plagues that could kill people in this area, so members of the Shadow Thieves Guild and local residents knew how dangerous it was.

At least until the Church of Talona, ​​the Goddess of Poison and Disease, announces that it has been cleaned up, you must not risk your own life.

So if you dare to enter the sewer at this time, you are basically either confident, or you are hiding some ulterior secrets.

The man in the lead slowly took off his hood, revealing a face with the characteristics of an Eastern Karatu mainlander.

He was naked from the upper body, did not carry any weapons from top to bottom, and did not even have a pair of shoes under his feet. He looked completely bare-handed.

But the unusually developed muscles all over his body, as well as the thick arc on the back of his hand like a boxer, all prove that he is a monk, or he can also be called a monk or an ascetic.

This is a special profession that infuses magical energy into the body and completely weaponizes the limbs.

The best monks can even make their fists comparable to magic weapons, instantly piercing through things that have astonishing protection like dragon scales.

In Faerun Continent, wherever there is a monastery, there must be a group of monks.

Although there are not many of them, because it is not an easy task to maintain almost strict commandments, but in terms of faith and piety, they are even comparable to those priests who rely on the gods to make a living.

The monk first inspected everyone present, and then said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I believe you should already know what it means for me to appear here today."

"Please issue an order, master. We are all the most loyal believers of the goddess, and we are willing to sacrifice our lives for her at any time."

A man took the initiative to step forward, bent down and bowed deeply.

Hearing this sentence, the monk nodded very satisfied: "Very good! I think the goddess will be moved by such a devout belief.

Your task is simple, but equally difficult.

The first is to investigate exactly where the double-voter South went during his disappearance.

The second is to find a vampire named Buddy and confirm her current condition.

These two tasks are not separated, and you can do them simultaneously. "

"Investigate Sous?!"

One second, the man who put on a face of death, the next second he was stunned, and a trace of undetectable panic flashed in his eyes.

He has actually found quite a lot of information about this voter who has risen rapidly in Amn and even the entire west coast and has shown amazing strength.

Especially the recent spell duel in Luskan in the North, and the news that the leader of the Zhentarim Society, Manson, and several heads of the red-robed mages were defeated head-on, and the news has already spread around with the return of the merchant ship.

So it was very clear how dangerous this young man was.

If an in-depth investigation is carried out on him, the risks he faces are simply not generally high.

"That's right. Our goddess hopes to find out what kind of secret he hides, why he always appears and disappears suddenly.

According to the gossip from the shadow thief, Sous got information from them about a red dragon called Faircragg.

If nothing else, some action should be taken.

You can use this opportunity to mix in and test it out a little.

Remember, our great goddess hates failure, and even more hates crap that does less than succeed.

So if any of you disappoint her, I'll be more than happy to execute him with my own hands. "

After finishing speaking, the monk violently slammed his fist against the wall next to him.

boom! ! ! ! ! ! !

With a loud noise, the entire solid rock wall collapsed instantly, and a large amount of gravel and mud gushed out from the breach, almost blocking half of the pipeline.

Based on such amazing fists, it is easy to judge that his monk level is definitely very high, even if he is not a legendary monk, it is almost the same.

If this punch hits someone, the bones of the whole body will be shattered on the spot, and the internal organs will be sprayed out of the mouth as if they were crushed.

In addition, the biggest feature of monks is that their immunity and magic resistance are amazing.

They are one of the very few who can rush forward with all kinds of spell bombardment when their level is high enough, and kill high-level spellcasters with lightning speed.

Obviously, this move directly frightened all the men in black present, and made the surrounding environment dead silent.

But the monk didn't pay attention to these believers, but turned around and disappeared into the darkness like a thief without a sound.

It can be vaguely seen from the back that there is a black disc with a lavender ring tattooed in the middle of his two shoulder blades, which is the mark of Shar, the goddess of the night.

It is easy to tell from this mark that this is a powerful Darkmoon monk.

The group's main goal is to serve the Goddess of the Night, and to track down and assassinate Su Lun or high-ranking members of the Church of the Goddess of Magic.

Almost every Darkmoon monk is the most elite and professional assassin.

Due to the special ability bestowed by Shar, when they launch a sneak attack on the target, the power they burst out is even more amazing than assassins and thieves.

It is said that the failure of the Su Lun Church to grow and develop is entirely the result of the Dark Moon monks sending people to hunt down its members.

It can even be said that among the many gods in Faerun, becoming a priest of Su Lun is one of the most dangerous choices.

That meant going head-to-head with the incredibly stealthy and efficient assassinations of Shar and her followers.

With the departure of the monks, these believers, who always kept a low profile, concealed and gathered in small groups, quickly left the sewer without making a sound. Using their roles in society, they began to try to investigate everything about Zuo Si.

Especially where did he go during the two disappearances for half a year.

Of course, it's not easy.

Because there are not many people who know the truth, and those who know the truth are either summoned creatures or loyal liches in the organization.

Coupled with the fact that there is a mage tower as a cover, most outsiders simply think that Zuo Si's disappearance is just like an ordinary mage, staying in his own territory to engage in some interesting magic research.

Not to mention disappearing for half a year, it is nothing new for some mages to suddenly disappear for decades or even hundreds of years.

When he reappeared, those who thought he was dead were surprised to find that the mage had transformed himself into an immortal lich.

Of course, Zuo Si still doesn't know anything about these things that are happening in the hidden corners of Askatla.

At this moment, he has already left the city with his impromptu adventure team of six people, and set off with a small caravan towards Cuimi Town, intending to make simple repairs there, and then travel through the rugged mountain road to reach the destination— — Hill of Windspear.

In order not to arouse the vigilance of the cunning red dragon Faircrag, except for Isadora, Fanges and Feder, the remaining two teammates were temporarily recruited at the Copper Crown Inn.

They are all male human fighters, and their professional level is around LV5. They belong to the typical cannon fodder. If they encounter any danger, they are guaranteed to be the first to die.

Of course, these two guys are not good things either.

According to the information obtained by Isadora's mind reading through psychic powers, the other party obviously saw that there are more female members in the team, and they are all young and beautiful girls, so they want to wait until they go to a place where there are no people and secretly take a medicine. Turn everyone into a fan, do some indescribable things, and then throw the corpse in the wilderness to loot all the valuables.

It's normal for something like this to happen in a temporary adventure team.

This is also the reason why most adventurers who can live to middle age, without exception, have a fixed team.

The risks involved in teaming up with strangers are simply too great.

After all, more than 70% to 80% of Faerun's areas are inaccessible forests, wilderness, and swamps. Here, the chances of murder being discovered are almost zero, and the cost and risk of engaging in criminal activities have been reduced to a heinous level.

But it's a pity that these two guys with human faces and beast hearts kicked the iron plate this time.

In front of psions, it is not easy to keep a secret.

Their insidious plan was exposed from the very beginning.

If it wasn't for the need for two cannon fodder in the team to cover up people's eyes and ears, it is estimated that they would be disposed of immediately after leaving the city.

Especially Fei De, who was sent by the Shadow Thieves to lead the way, often had extremely cold killing intent in his eyes.

Obviously, the other party's despicable and cruel behavior caused her some bad memories or experiences.

Because Zuo Si noticed that there was a very vague mark on the arm of Miss Demon Elf Assassin. Although it could be easily overlooked after processing, it can be concluded that she must have been a Calishite slave before.

As an exotic and very rare demon elf, especially a beautiful woman, anyone who is not a fool can guess what will happen.

Whenever the two started courting the female members of the team, she would subconsciously put her hands on the short sword and dagger at her waist, and almost couldn't help it several times.

But at the last moment, reason still defeated impulsive emotion.

In this way, a group of people arrived safely in Cuimi Town in a strange and murderous atmosphere.

Except for encountering some wolves, bears and a few goblins along the way, everything seemed so peaceful.

As a thank you, the leader of the caravan presented a small bag of almost seventy gold coins as reward for the escort.

yes!

You heard that right!

Only seventy gold coins!

This is the truest portrayal of the income of bottom-level adventurers.

For this price, it still depends on the face of having a mage and a priest in the team.

If it is replaced by an adventure team composed purely of fighters, the reward may be even lower.

After getting the money, Zuo Si immediately pretended to be very happy and poured out all the gold coins, and then said to the team members with a smile: "Seventy gold coins, according to the distribution method agreed in advance, each person will get ten. The remaining ten coins are used as the team's reserve funds to purchase various tools and supplies. Do you have any objections?"

"Of course! Hurry up and send the money, I can't help but want to go to the tavern in the town for a drink." The male soldier in his thirties urged impatiently.

Another slightly younger soldier also echoed: "That's right. Anyway, with such a small amount of money, at best, it can only be used for tooth-fighting sacrifices."

"Since there is no objection, the money will be issued."

With that said, Zuo Si quickly distributed ten gold coins to everyone.

As the eldest daughter of a rich merchant family, Isadora has no concept of money at all.

To her, ten gold coins might not even be a tenth of the value of a pair of shoes, a beautiful dress or jewelry on her feet, so she threw them into her pocket very casually.

In contrast, Fanges, a werewolf girl who has suffered, been discriminated against, and almost starved to death, is very aware of the value of ten gold coins, and quickly puts them away in her close-fitting purse for emergencies.

As for Fei De, he put the money on his fingers and played tricks. The gold coins rolled and jumped under her control as if they were affected by magic, performing a wonderful dance repeatedly.

But as long as you observe carefully, you will find that the ten gold coins are becoming less and less in the continuous jumping, and finally only the last one in the middle of the palm is left.

As for where the others were hidden, no one except Zuo Si could see clearly.

Many thieves will use this way of making gold coins dance to exercise the dexterity of their fingers, so that they can be more handy when stealing, disassembling and installing traps.

But what is certain is that there are absolutely not many thieves who can play with ten coins with both left and right hands at the same time.

"Skillful hands?" Zuo Si raised her eyebrows in surprise.

You must know that even in the continent of Faerun, which is full of magical power, there are definitely not many people with this kind of talent.

It is said that the famous dark elf ranger, Drizzt, was trained as a warrior because he showed the talent of dexterous hands when he was young.

Because dual-wielding weapons to fight, it is not like in the game to point out the talent, and then directly equip it.

Instead, it requires strong physical coordination and long hours of training.

Anyone who has played cold weapons knows that without this talent, dual-wielding weapons will not only fail to gain an advantage in battle, but will be in an embarrassing situation because of coordination problems. It is far better to switch to two-handed weapons or give up. Better to replace a weapon with a shield.

This is why most warriors choose swords and shields or two-handed weapons, and most thieves only have a dagger or short sword.

So far, Zuo Si has seen people with dual wielding talent and practical combat ability, and the only one is Korgan, the dwarf berserker.

"No, of course not, I'm just a little more flexible than ordinary people's fingers." Fei De pretended to be playful and blinked his eyes. "By the way, what are your plans next?"

"Well—let's go to the local market first. Cui Mi Town is a town founded by the goddess of wealth Woking. It is said that it has received some kind of blessing, so it often sells some rare things." Zuo Si touched Chin spoke his mind.

Looking at the map, you can see that Trime Town is located almost in the heart of the entire Amn, and it is a trade hub that almost all business routes must pass through.

Therefore, although the market size is not as large as Askatra, it also has its own characteristics.

"I'll be with you."

"Me too!"

Isadora and Fanges quickly took Zuo Si's arms from left to right.

The actions of the two girls instantly aroused the jealousy of the two male soldiers who were about to go to the only Viatley bar in the town for a drink.

Because along the way, they have been forced to eat a lot of similar "dog food", and they have long hated Zuo Si, a "little boy".

However, the two did not show it, but hid this hatred in their hearts and left the scene as quickly as possible.

After walking to an empty alley, the leader of the soldiers couldn't help but gritted his teeth and cursed: "Why is that damn bastard so popular? Is it because he is younger and handsome? Or is it because he is a priest and we Just fighters?"

"Give it up, Thors. You should have known long ago that with our appearance and background, it is impossible to attract the favor of those women who think highly of themselves. In other words, no woman will really like it except prostitutes. Us. Of course, even prostitutes only love our money." Another soldier sighed helplessly.

Always have an unrealistic fantasy with his peers, like to court the young and beautiful female members of the team, and look forward to the day when they will be different in response.

He is a very realistic person who has seen through this hypocritical world long ago.

Especially for Shuna, the god of love and beauty, and the set of things touted by her followers.

No matter beauty or ugliness, everyone can find their own true love!

What love is part high and low!

Everything is a fucking lie!

The cruel real world is that ugly people don't deserve love!

It is even more miserable if you add poverty and nothing as a prefix.

That's why he finally embarked on such a path of no return, gaining a certain sense of psychological satisfaction by venting his distorted desires and resentment towards the world on those helpless female adventurers.

Then sell the looted equipment and property in exchange for a lot of money, and go to pubs, brothels and other places to have fun.

Just drink today and get drunk today.

Anyway, my life has turned into the bad way it is now, so what if the doomsday judgment comes tomorrow?

Even if one day is killed, this life is worth it.

The soldier named Thors nodded vigorously, and said fiercely, "That's right, buddy. When I leave Cuimi Town and go to the remote forest and deep mountains, I must face that damned little boy. Press the three chicks to the ground and ravage them fiercely, making them cry out in the most painful and desperate way."

"According to the old rules, each person chooses one, and the last one flips a coin to decide who will enjoy it first."

"I choose the ranger with the winter wolf. She looks like a wild aura, and the resistance will be very fierce. I like this feeling. The more intense her resistance, the more excited I am."

"Then I'll choose the girl who looks like a rich lady. I bet her skin under the robe will be as white and smooth as milk."

"But we have to be careful of that demon-born elf assassin, and the ranger's animal companion, the winter wolf."

"You don't need to say that? I bought the highest-quality poison from the Shadow Thieves Guild for a long time ago. This small bottle costs 500 gold coins. I guarantee that I can knock it all down in one go."

...

Just when the two guys with malicious intentions started to discuss how to do it, Zuo Si and his group had already arrived at the lively market.

Since there is a fairly large lake next to Cuimi Town, although it is inland, there are many fish vendors.

A lot of fresh fish that were just caught in the morning were piled up on the stalls for the passing civilians to choose and buy.

Of course, any place with fresh food will definitely not taste very good.

Especially now that it is midsummer, under the sun, some wooden barrels used to process the internal organs emit a pungent stench, which makes Fangers, who has a sensitive sense of smell like a canine, can't help but cover his mouth and nose.

Isadora didn't hesitate to bless herself with a spell to shield all the smells that would cause physical discomfort.

As a member of the Shadow Thieves Guild, Feder has been active in Askatera Wharf and the bridge area for a long time, so he has long been accustomed to the fishy smell, and even pointed to the oversized pike being slaughtered at a nearby stall and said: "You Are you sure you don't want to buy another one? You should know that this fish tastes great, whether it is grilled, stewed, fried or fried, it tastes very good, and it is the most suitable for dinner."

"Forget it. I don't think there should be any fish-related dishes for today's dinner." Zuo Si refused without hesitation.

He obviously noticed the reactions of the two girls around him, so he immediately realized that the demon elf assassin was definitely doing it on purpose.

"That's really a pity. You know, I like fish the most." Faide shrugged his shoulders pretending to be regretful.

Just when she turned to go to the next booth, Zuo Si suddenly asked from behind: "Have you worked hard these days?"

"What's the meaning?"

The demon elf suddenly stopped in his tracks. He raised his head to reveal those eerie eyes that made many people around him uneasy.

"Don't be stupid. You can't even hide the murderous intent from Fang Gesi, so how can you hide it from me." Zuo Si straight-forwardly saw through the other party's disguise.

He was very curious, how exactly did this Miss Assassin know that there was something wrong with the two recruited fighters without the ability to detect thoughts.

"You also know that those two guys have problems?" Fei De's expression suddenly became very weird.

"Don't you know that there are many magics that can read a person's mind? To be precise, I knew what was going on in their mind from the beginning, but I just didn't want to expose it." Zuo Si explained casually.

"So...they are just pawns to be used and manipulated in your eyes?"

Faide suddenly realized, and finally understood why he hadn't received a response to his constant hints these days.

"piece?"

Zuo Si smiled and shook her head.

"No, my requirements for chess pieces are very high, and they don't have the qualifications yet.

However, the greed and stupidity of these two guys can just be a very good cover.

You need to understand that Faircrag is not some ordinary red dragon who is reckless and impulsive.

He has not only monsters such as orcs, hobgoblins and trolls, but also a group of human followers, and even formed an intelligence network scattered in the surrounding towns and strongholds.

Any adventurers who approach Windspear Hill will be watched closely.

If we don't want to expose our identities, we must act as if the red dragon is at ease and have the idea of ​​wanting to play a game with us.

This is the only way to get close to his lair without alarming others. "

"Then what are you going to do with those two disgusting scumbags?" the demon-born elf approached and asked in a low voice.

Zuo Si replied bluntly: "You can dispose of them as you like after they lose their useful value. It doesn't matter whether it is tortured to death by those terrible tortures from the Shadow Thieves Guild, or broken limbs and left to be eaten by wild beasts in the wilderness. In this regard , I'm not morally clean, or foolish enough to think they should be tried by the law instead of lynched."

"Understood. Since you said so, then I will not be polite."

After all, Fei De pinched his knuckles, and exuded a chilling and dark aura all over his body.

After all, as the top leader of the Shadow Thieves Guild——Alan Linville's most valued subordinate, she naturally couldn't be a good camp. The work of cleaning up the traitors alone has killed many people over the years.

You must know that when the Shadow Thieves Guild is cleaning up traitors, it is not only targeting one person, but also the immediate family members and descendants of the traitor.

In this way, an agreement was reached between the two on how to deal with the two male fighters in the team.

The latter didn't know that he was in great trouble, and he was sitting in the tavern with gold coins and drinking strong alcohol, thinking about what new tricks he would play after using poison to overwhelm the entire team.

As everyone knows, the demon elf assassin is already gearing up, recalling the various tortures he learned during his training.

Especially those that can inflict great pain without being instantly fatal.

Zuo Si even saw that she bought a box of shiny silver needles, as well as some thread and hemostatic medicine in the market, with a frightened look on her face.

The team rested for a day and two nights in Cuimi Town, and then officially set off in the early morning of the third day to continue heading towards the Windspear Hill in the east.

In order to deceive others, Zuo Si took a job hunting monsters in the town.

Every time an orc, hobgoblin, or gnoll is killed and their nose is cut off, they can get fifteen gold coins as a reward, and ordinary goblins are paid one gold coin.

This method of paying rewards to use adventurers to reduce the number of monsters around towns for a long time is almost a strategy adopted by many local governments in the entire Faerun continent, so it will not arouse too many people's suspicions.

As for the two fighters in the team, they have long been impatient to enter the forests and hills that are inaccessible. They don't care about the mission at all, they just want to get it quickly.

But it's a pity that the two are obviously still useful, so Zuo Si didn't give them the slightest chance to attack on the road from Cuimi Town to Windspear Hill.

Whenever one of them wanted to poison the food, Feed or the winter wolf would appear around them by coincidence, scaring them so much that they didn't even dare to make any small moves.

But after successfully reaching Windspear Hill, all these "coincidences" disappeared.

At the very beginning, the warrior called Thors didn't dare to do it easily because he was almost smashed several times before.

But later, as the other four people in the team became more and more relaxed, they finally couldn't help but discussed with their accomplices in the dead of night and decided to do it tonight.

In order to successfully poison their meals, they took the initiative to take on the task of hunting and fishing. They hunted a deer from the surrounding forest and inserted a few fat grass carp with spears.

After being briefly skinned, gutted and cleaned, the venison is stewed in a cauldron with wild mushrooms, while the fish is roasted over a fire.

After a while, the smell of meat came out from around the campfire.

Due to his rich experience in poisoning, Thors was not in a hurry to put the poison in, but pretended to add some condiments such as salt, and then took a piece with a spoon and put it in his mouth to taste.

His purpose of doing this is to lower the vigilance of Zuo Si and others, and also to show that the food is not poisonous.

Isadora, who had already been instructed, cast a toxin detection on the cauldron, and then said to everyone: "These foods are not poisonous, you can have dinner."

"It's great! After working all day, my stomach is going to be flat." The werewolf girl immediately rushed to the campfire, ready to get the grilled fish.

But this action was immediately stopped by Thors, and he took out some tampered salt from the bottle he carried with him, sprinkled it and reprimanded angrily: "Don't be in such a hurry! These fish and the stew in the pot are still there. No salt was added."

"I can't wait! Bring it!"

Fang Gesi snatched the grilled fish that had just been sprinkled with salt from the opponent's hand, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Thors' mouth turned up slightly, revealing a sinister smile that was not easy to detect.

In his opinion, from the moment she bit it, the girl's fate was already sealed.

In the next few minutes, Thors repeated the trick, distributing the poisoned food to everyone one by one, and watching each other eat it.

In the name of preventing wild beasts or monsters from attacking, I and my accomplices ran to a place about tens of meters away from the camp with food, secretly poured it all into the pit and buried it.

After waiting for about half an hour, they estimated that the effect of the medicine should start to take effect, and they returned to the campfire together.

It turned out that the four people, including Zuo Si, were all lying on the ground and fell into a deep coma.

In order to prevent accidents, Thors also called one by one, and after confirming that he was really unconscious, he quickly changed his face to reveal his true colors.

I saw him grinning and showing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, he kicked the winter wolf away and spat fiercely: "Bah! You damn beast! How many times have you ruined my good deeds? If it weren't for you, I would have already Got it."

"Okay, don't be angry with a wolf. After we enjoy it later, we'll take its belt off and sell it. You must know that the fur of a winter wolf is worth a lot of money." Another accomplice walked towards Yi with a lewd smile. Sadora.

"makes sense."

Thors quickly took off his armor as quickly as possible, and jumped deep into Fangers with his bare upper body.

Just when he was impatient to tear off the girl's clothes, he suddenly found that the girl's body, which gave off a wild beauty, suddenly began to swell inexplicably. In the blink of an eye, she became a lot taller than himself, and her originally smooth skin Large areas of thick hair grew on the surface, and the human head and beautiful face were replaced by a huge wolf head full of fangs.

Especially the beast-like light released from the eyes, which instantly made the man's rising fire disappear, replaced by the fear from the heart.

Werewolves!

Having been engaged in adventure career for a long time, this word popped up in his mind instantly, and subconsciously wanted to grab the armor and weapon that he just took off.

But unfortunately it was too late.

Fangers didn't give the man who wanted to violate him any chance at all, and when he stood up, he hit him violently.

The latter's poor strength and agility attributes didn't even have time to react, and flew backward several meters in an instant, hitting a big tree with a bang on the back of his head and losing consciousness.

As for the man walking towards Isadora, it was even worse. Before he even had time to take off his clothes, he was directly invaded by spiritual power and turned into a manipulated puppet.

Seeing these two idiots being dealt with in an instant, Fei De, who originally wanted to show his hand, couldn't help complaining: "How dare you poison in front of the chosen ones of Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease? I really don't know how to admire their courage It’s astonishing, but I still laugh at them for being stupid. Didn’t they realize that there were problems with those unusual coincidences before?”

Zuo Si responded with a smile: "Seventy percent of the adventurers have no education, forty percent of the adventurers are illiterate, and ten percent of the adventurers cannot use the common language to communicate. For such For a group, it is a mistake to have too high expectations for them. What's more, these two people have used the same method to succeed more than once, so they will naturally become dependent. Well, according to the agreement, they are now at your disposal."

"Thank you!"

The demon elf quickly took out the sewing kit he had bought in Cuimi Town from his tool bag, and then hummed a little song and dragged the two of them into the nearby woods.

After a while, heart-piercing screams, wailing and begging for mercy came from there, and the birds resting on the treetops were frightened and flew away.

Fang Gesi couldn't help asking: "Master, what did Fei De do to those two people?"

"Er... it's better that you don't know about that."

Zuo Si, who felt a faint phantom pain in her lower body, interrupted the werewolf girl's curiosity with an awkward yet polite answer.

Now he finally understood why many people would rather kill themselves than be captured alive when they were identified as traitors by the Shadow Thieves Guild and started hunting them down.

Of course, it does not rule out that this superb "craft" was learned by the demon elves from their parents when they were young.

...

Just as the hog-killing screams echoed over the woods of Windspear Hill, far away in the depths of the ancient catacomb ruins, a huge red dragon was lying on its pile of treasures and taking a nap.

He looked so powerful and imposing, and every time he breathed, he would emit an astonishing heat wave from near his mouth and nose, so that even some gold and silver coins could not bear it and began to melt.

Needless to ask, he knew that he was the real ruler of this land, a frightening behemoth that reached the age of the ancient dragon—Felcrag, and also the target of Zuo Si's hunting this time.

In front of this guy, Galen, the legal lord of the Windspear Hill recognized by Amn, seemed transparent. He had neither power nor people to rule. There was only a dilapidated log cabin built on a cliff.

In fact, Faircrag could have ended the life of this man and his young daughter at any time if he wanted to.

If it was replaced by other irascible red dragons, I am afraid that they have already done so.

But Faircrag is different. He prefers to play some games with these little mice who resisted himself, and enjoys his frustration and despair after admiring their failure.

I have to say, this is pretty nasty.

But given how long he's lived, it's not surprising that he's developed some weird hobbies.

Because this is a common problem shared by all long-lived lives.

For example, there is a well-known blue dragon who loves music and likes to collect all kinds of musical instruments and music scores, rather than the treasures that other evil dragons love.

If a bard can play a beautiful melody or present a musical instrument that has never been seen before, the blue dragon will choose one of its own treasures as a reward.

Not to mention the giant dragon with a lifespan of several years ago, even Elminster, who lived for more than a thousand years, and other electors of the goddess of magic with the same longevity, also have their own interests and hobbies, so as to pass the boring and boring time. long life.

Just as Faircrag was dreaming of becoming the tyrant who ruled Amn, a mage wearing a blue cloak and hood suddenly appeared in front of him out of thin air, and bowed deeply with one hand on his chest.

"Master, according to the news from the scouts, an adventure team is approaching your lair."

"Huh? Adventure team!"

The red dragon, who was still sleeping one second, opened his eyes suddenly the next second, and slowly stood up from the pile of treasures.

"Yes. It was a team composed of three men, three women and six people. Among them were a priest, a mage, a ranger, a thief or assassin, and two fighters. But for some reason, when they arrived at the wind Infighting broke out behind the Hill of Spears, and the two warriors were being tortured and abused extremely cruelly..."

While saying these words, the mage visibly shivered, and subconsciously clamped his legs.

He couldn't imagine what kind of resentment it was that could make the demon elves do such crazy things.

"interesting."

Faircrag dragged his chin with his front paws and made a playful expression.

After thinking for a moment, he immediately ordered: "Let those orcs and goblins lead this adventure team over. I just happen to be a little bored recently, so let these little bugs please me."

"As you wish."

The mage bowed again, then cast a teleportation spell and disappeared without a trace.

After he left, the red dragon fiddled with the most valuable two-handed sword in all collections—Cassumer, and whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "I hope you can bring me A little surprise and a precious enough gift. Otherwise...then all will die."

After that, he spread his wings suddenly and set off a gust of wind that could blow people away.

Obviously, Faircrag regarded adventurers as couriers who delivered treasures to him, and the most precious treasures in his lair were delivered by adventurers who came to his door.

So over time, they developed the habit of leading adventurers into their lair and then looting them.

This kind of sitting and waiting for the prey to come to the door is much easier than flying out all day to find the target.

It's just that Fairkragg didn't know that the prey this time did carry quite a lot of precious magic items, even more valuable than all the treasures in the lair combined.

But at the same time, the person who holds these treasures is not an ordinary person, but Zuo Si, who is more dangerous than any enemy he has ever encountered.

Soon, under the coordination of the mage, a team of goblin cannon fodder carrying a simple map of the lair entrance was sent out.

Their purpose is not to destroy the adventurers, but to kill all the adventurers, and then "accidentally" find this map when cleaning up the loot.

Similar things have already been done many times, so the mage knows very well that with the curious character of adventurers, he will definitely come to see what's going on.

In this way, the master's game can officially begin.

(end of this chapter)